>> As to your comments. Muncie Indiana is NOT the east coast. Not even >> close. .... >> >> FACT is that Muncie is much closer to the east coast than even the >> geographic center of the US - by anyone's definition. >> If you live east of the Mississippi, you'd have to add between 1000 and >1500 >> miles onto your average trip to equal what most folks drive who live on the >> west side.
Bob rebutted with: >I live in Fond du Lac, WI, which is 20 miles south of Oshkosh, WI, the home >of the EAA and the location of the annual EAA fly-in.... One of the things that >intrigues me is that I have never once heard a person grumble about how far >away Oshkosh was or how hard it was to get to, or that they wish the EAA >convention were located closer to their home......... I agree that if you want to go to a fly-in it doesn't matter much where it is. You just jump in the Piper Vagabond or whatever and fly to Oshkosh or Arlington WA or whichever and attend. You need only have money for fuel, cabs, motels, meals, etc. Trying to fly by commercial airline with a week's supply of planes, radios, chargers, etc is not exactly the same thing especially in this post 911 era. Did you catch the news today that airport security is being ask to fuss even more over electronics devices such as radios, cameras, chargers, etc. I grew up at an airport (Barker Air Service, Mt Vernon, WA) and have fond memories of getting up at 3AM so I could spend the morning carrying 50 lb sacks of Rotanone up a ladder to dump in a J-3 so my dad could put it on some 2 acre strawberry patch. Later in the morning I could drive the courtesy car over to a pea patch and serve as a target while someone sprayed Parithyon around. Enjoy your fly-ins but don't compare them with the Nats. The travel method is not the same. -- Dick Barker Seattle, WA - Turning HLG Around - RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
